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cig⋅a⋅rette

  [sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret]
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–noun
a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
Also, cig⋅a⋅ret.

Origin:
1820–30; < F, equiv. to cigare cigar + -ette -ette
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cig·a·rette also cig·a·ret   (sĭg'ə-rět', sĭg'ə-rět')   
n.  

  1. A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper.

  2. A similar roll of another substance, such as a tobacco substitute or marijuana.


[French, diminutive of cigare, cigar, from Spanish cigarro; see cigar.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cigarette 
1835, Amer.Eng., from Fr. cigarette, dim. of cigare "cigar." Sp. form cigarito, -ita was also popular mid-19c. Slang short form cig attested from c.1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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